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Sydney

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Getting There By Rail


Rail Services
Train services to Sydney and its surrounding suburbs are reliable but infrequent.
Sydney's Central Station (the main hub), on Eddy Avenue, just south of the city centre, is a grand old building lined with newsagents, coffee shops and restaurants, as well as transport and tourist information offices.

Rail Operators
Countrylink (tel: 132 232, in Australia only; www.countrylink.nsw.gov.au) runs the New South Wales rail network. Countrylink provides high-speed XPT trains and XPlorer trains for shorter distances, and links Sydney with Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra. These trains are new, modern and comfortable, featuring air conditioning, wheelchair access, buffet and satellite telephones. Rail travel tends to be expensive, although a number of passes are available to overseas visitors. For journeys within Sydney and its surrounding suburbs, check the City Rail site (www.cityrail.info). The Indian Pacific train, operated by Great Southern Railways (tel: 132 147, in Australia only; www.gsr.com.au),runs between Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.

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Interesting facts about Sydney
Location: New South Wales, Australia.
Dialling code: 61 (Australia); 2 (Sydney).
Population: 4,444,500 (metropolitan area).
Time zone: GMT + 10 (GMT + 11 from first Sunday in October to first Sunday in April).

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Entry/Visa/Health

Check your specific situation. For example you are a citizen of Spain, live in Germany and want to enter Canada. Or you are planning a trip with multiple stopovers in diifferent countries. Which entry and health regulations apply to you? You can find out the varying regulations here: here (in Englisch).